RESOURCE LIST
See below a select list of resources shared by our speakers related to the 2026 Budget and Tax Briefing topics.
Reimaging Public Benefits Access Ideas Showcase
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Related Resources:
- 2025 Filing Season Mystery Shopping Visits: A Report on the Internal Revenue Service Return Preparer Strategy, by Nina E. Olson, Mandi L. Matlock, Elaine Javonovich, Center for Taxpayer Rights, 2026.
- Connecting patients to public benefits works better with texts than paper flyers, Penn research finds, Penn Medicine Newsletter, February 10, 2026.
- Digital Public Works Overview and 2025 Annual Report.
- Four Conditions Make Cash Transfers Save Lives: The success of other countries shows these programs can work in the United States, By Aaron Richterman and Harsha Thirumurthy, The Atlantic, February 28, 2026.
- Living Below the Line: Economic Insecurity and Older Americans, Insecurity in the States, 2022, by Jan Mutchler, Yan-Jhu Su, and Nidya Velasco Roldan, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, February 2023.
- Public Policy Lab Capabilities, Public Policy Lab, 2026.
Reimagining Revenue Systems Ideas Showcase
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- Big U.S. Corporations Reaped Billions through Tax Havens in 2025, New Transparency Requirements Reveal, by Thomas Georges and Zorka Milin, FACT Coalition Briefing Memo, March 9, 2026.
- Dismantling Policy through Fiscal Constriction: Examining the Erosion in State Unemployment Insurance Finances, by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, The Social Service Review, Sep 2013, Vol. 87, Issue 3, pages 438 – 476.
- Factsheet: What the research says about taxing pass-through businesses, by David S. Mitchell, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, April 30, 2024.
- Financing the Welfare State: Elite Politics and the Decline of the Social Insurance Model in America, by Campbell AL, Morgan KJ, Studies in American Political Development, Volume 19 , Issue 2 , October 2005 , pp. 173 – 195.
- The New Practice Lab 2025 Impact Report, New Practice Lab at New America, 2025.
- Oil Subsidies Are Bad. Exporting $7.5 Billion of Them Is Worse, by Mark Gongloff, Bloomberg, October 29, 2025 (Gift Article).
- Remaking Federal Tax Administration, Tax Law Center at NYU Law blog post, July 17, 2025.
- Tax avoidance among large, complex partnerships in the United States, by David S. Mitchell, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, February 12, 2025.
- The Wealth Proceeds Tax: A Simple Way for States to Tax the Wealthy, By Sarah Austin, Carl Davis, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, October 30, 2025.
- Toolkit: The Wealth Proceeds Tax: A Simple Way for States to Tax the Wealthy, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
2025 Law & Social Policy Legacy Award Winner
- EOF has named the Workers Defense Project the 2026 Law & Social Policy Legacy Award winner. Watch a 3-minute video to hear from WDP and their members about the power of their work.
In Conversation with Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman: Economic Empowerment, Equity, and the Path Forward in the States
- EarnedIt ETIC Campaign:The Comptroller of Maryland is committed to helping Marylanders claim the tax credits they’ve earned, especially the Maryland Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Many Marylanders, including part-time and seasonal workers, and residents who file with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), qualify without realizing it. Don’t leave money on the table. You’ve Earned It, Now Claim It!
- Maryland Comptroller Policy Research Reports: The Office of the Comptroller has launched a new initiative to produce economic research reports that utilize data available through this agency, as well as data from government and non-government entities. These reports are offered to provide policymakers, business leaders, and all Marylanders with more information about issues that intersect with or are directly impacted by our agency.
- Expanding Opportunity to Build Wealth: Maryland Baby Bonds Report, Comptroller of Maryland, December 2025.
- Helping Maryland Connect Underserved Residents to Crucual State Tax Credits, by Aravind Boddupalli, Luisa Godinez-Puig, Harley Webley, and Gabriella Garriga, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, December 2, 2025.
- Strategy Playbook for Improving Uptake of State Tax Benefits, by Luisa Godinez-Puig, Aravind Boddupalli, Gabriella Garriga, and Harley Webley, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, December 2, 2025.
- Maryland Procurement Playbook, by Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University and the Office of the Comptroller of Maryland, June 6, 2024.